The Figure Heads Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB BDEF GHBB IIJK BLBI MNO MGGI| Our cantankerous leaders | A |
| have failed us | B |
| We thought we voted a messiah | C |
| But they became worse than Judas | B |
| - | |
| We are gullible before their feets | B |
| We are the architects of our fate | D |
| Our birth right mortgaged for a pot | E |
| of porridge | F |
| - | |
| The system is punctured | G |
| with corruption and greed | H |
| Figure heads are ghost heads | B |
| Under the caprices of the demonic Cabals | B |
| - | |
| We patiently await a Saviour | I |
| Whose coming we look out for | I |
| Who is behind the mask | J |
| Yahweh will expose them in due time | K |
| - | |
| We are running out of patience | B |
| We are lied to | L |
| That the Youths are the leaders | B |
| of tomorrow | I |
| - | |
| But the tomorrow will never come | M |
| We are struggling and hustling | N |
| Under the mocking rain and the smiling sun | O |
| - | |
| Revolution our national anthem | M |
| War of the pens are not heard | G |
| Ghanaian youths delivered | G |
| Someday we must surely deliver | I |
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
Poet's note: This is a political poem. Its satires the leadership lipholes in Africa, to be precise Nigeria. The political leadership of Nigeria is nothing to write home about. We the youths are tired and frustrated with the nature of the governing system. The youths are rooming the streets of the nation in search of a job. Hunger slaps their faces. When will the youths become the leaders of tomorrow? The grey hairs have hijacked all jobs meant for the youths. We are clamoring for restructuring of the country. We are believing that someday things will turn around for good in Nigeria.
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